PASSENGER RAIL RIDERSHIP

PASSENGER RAIL RIDERSHIP

Amtrak Ridership (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Amtrak officially began service in May 1971. Amtrak offers services in 46 states
on a 22,000 mile route system. Ridership data are highly seasonal, with July and
August being very high seasonal months. In 2000, Amtrak introduced a high-speed
rail service in the northeast U.S., which helped increase ridership.

Amtrak Ridership

Jul-01

Jul-02

Ridership

2,126,717

2,075,258

Ridership percent change from same month previous year

3.54

-2.42

NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the
previous year to account for seasonality.